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System Properties Comparison AlaSQL vs. Ehcache vs. HEAVY.AI vs. LokiJS vs. STSdb

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NameAlaSQL  Xexclude from comparisonEhcache  Xexclude from comparisonHEAVY.AI infoFormerly named 'OmniSci', rebranded to 'HEAVY.AI' in March 2022  Xexclude from comparisonLokiJS  Xexclude from comparisonSTSdb  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionJavaScript DBMS libraryA widely adopted Java cache with tiered storage optionsA high performance, column-oriented RDBMS, specifically developed to harness the massive parallelism of modern CPU and GPU hardwareIn-memory JavaScript DBMSKey-Value Store with special method for indexing infooptimized for high performance using a special indexing method
Primary database modelDocument store
Relational DBMS
Key-value storeRelational DBMSDocument storeKey-value store
Secondary database modelsSpatial DBMS
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Score0.51
Rank#256  Overall
#40  Document stores
#118  Relational DBMS
Score4.64
Rank#68  Overall
#8  Key-value stores
Score1.64
Rank#145  Overall
#67  Relational DBMS
Score0.49
Rank#260  Overall
#42  Document stores
Score0.10
Rank#357  Overall
#51  Key-value stores
Websitealasql.orgwww.ehcache.orggithub.com/­heavyai/­heavydb
www.heavy.ai
github.com/­techfort/­LokiJSgithub.com/­STSSoft/­STSdb4
Technical documentationgithub.com/­AlaSQL/­alasqlwww.ehcache.org/­documentationdocs.heavy.aitechfort.github.io/­LokiJS
DeveloperAndrey Gershun & Mathias R. WulffTerracotta Inc, owned by Software AGHEAVY.AI, Inc.STS Soft SC
Initial release20142009201620142011
Current release3.10.0, March 20225.10, January 20224.0.8, September 2015
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoMIT-LicenseOpen Source infoApache Version 2; commercial licenses availableOpen Source infoApache Version 2; enterprise edition availableOpen SourceOpen Source infoGPLv2, commercial license available
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonononono
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Implementation languageJavaScriptJavaC++ and CUDAJavaScriptC#
Server operating systemsserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)All OS with a Java VMLinuxserver-less, requires a JavaScript environment (browser, Node.js)Windows
Data schemeschema-freeschema-freeyesschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or datenoyesyesnoyes infoprimitive types and user defined types (classes)
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nononono
Secondary indexesnononoyes infovia viewsno
SQL infoSupport of SQLClose to SQL99, but no user access control, stored procedures and host language bindings.noyesnono
APIs and other access methodsJavaScript APIJCacheJDBC
ODBC
Thrift
Vega
JavaScript API.NET Client API
Supported programming languagesJavaScriptJavaAll languages supporting JDBC/ODBC/Thrift
Python
JavaScriptC#
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresnononoView functions in JavaScriptno
Triggersyesyes infoCache Event Listenersnoyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infoby using Terracotta ServerSharding infoRound robinnonenone
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesnoneyes infoby using Terracotta ServerMulti-source replicationnonenone
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononoyesno
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemnoneTunable Consistency (Strong, Eventual, Weak)Immediate Consistencynone
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononono
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of datayes infoonly for local storage and DOM-storageyes infosupports JTA and can work as an XA resourcenono infoatomic operations within a single collection possibleno
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyes infoby using IndexedDB, SQL.JS or proprietary FileStorageyes infousing a tiered cache-storage approachyesyes infoSerialization of a DB in a Node.JS/Cordova/PhoneGap environment. Usage of the IndexedDB-API in a browser.yes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.yesyesyesyes
User concepts infoAccess controlnonofine grained access rights according to SQL-standardnono

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